Last Saturday I threw an Easter Cookie Decorating Play Party for the young families at my church and I did the best I could to pack as much fun as I could in the two hours we spent together. There was the jelly bean favor tasting contest and a hunt in the church yard for [...]

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UPDATE:  We have a winner! TDK guessed 125 eggs for a total of 3750 calories. The correct number were 122 eggs for a total of 3659 calories which puts her within the 100 calorie more or less range! Congrats TDK! If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time you might have noticed [...]

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April 2002 April 2009 Today is our seventh wedding anniversary. Last weekend’s getaway to Mendocino was our anniversary present to each other. D and I have already agreed we won’t exchange any other gifts and for the sake of our budget and forest conservation we’d limit ourselves to giving each other one card only rather [...]

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Last weekend while D and I were driving through the country we stopped to stretch and watch some sheep grazing in an open field near a vineyard when I noticed an odd little encounter going on between one of the smallest lambs and a bird. The bird would take a few steps with the lamb [...]

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A big thank you shout-out to our SisterFriends who shared their personal stories with us over the past week. It’s clear from the comments we received and the steady daily readership shown in the blog stats that their stories connected with and inspired many of you. The Jewish Storyteller, Peninnah Schram has said, Since storytelling [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by another one of our SisterFriends. Every love story is unique and special.  They each have their own special magic and chemistry.  This love story, although it didn’t travel an easy road, is very special to me.  It is my love story. Living in a small [...]

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I was recently alerted by Sandi, a high school and current friend, that she’s posted a photo from our freshman Pep Squad to her Facebook page. Now, aside from leading me to the obvious conclusion that Sandi has a wee bit too much time on her hands between her world travels which she shamelessly gloats [...]

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The following story was contributed by Susan Gage who has her own grand and glorious blog over at Wake Up and Live. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by one of our cherished SisterFriends. As we took the morning bus to school we would hold hands under are jackets in fear someone might see. I was fourteen and didn’t understand why something that felt so natural was viewed as an awful sinful thing. I [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by Cristi. I grew up hearing that God loved me and knew that was true in my head but getting it into my heart was a struggle and sometimes it still is. I became a Christian when I was twelve, but I recommitted my life to [...]

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